Huang Dean (Chief Compliance Officer) Zhang Zhigang (President) Pan Jingdong (Executive Vice President)
74-549: The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines ( NGCP ) is a privately owned corporation that was established on January 15, 2009, through RA 9511. It is a consortium of three corporations, namely Monte Oro Grid Resources Corporation, Calaca High Power Corporation, and the State Grid Corporation of China . As the franchise holder and transmission service provider, it is in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing
148-627: A 25% stake in REN since the second stage of its privatization (in 2012–2014). In Australia, State Grid owns a 41% stake in ElectraNet , a 19.9% stake in AusNet Services , and 60% stake in Jemena . In Brazil, State Grid is involved in developing, building, and operating hydropower facilities. State Grid acquired the control of CPFL Energia S.A. for the equivalent of US$ 3.4 billion in 2017. State Grid built
222-532: A 25-year license to run the Philippine power grid - privatization of the management of TransCo. The consortium of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp., led by businessman Enrique Razon , comprising the State Grid Corporation of China , and Calaca High Power Corp., won in an auction conducted by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corp. as it submitted the highest offer of $ 3.95 billion, for
296-416: A Technical Working Group to audit NGCP system operations. In March 2011, the daily power situation outlook for Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao power grids started to be printed on business section of newspapers such as The Philippine Star , Philippine Daily Inquirer , and Manila Bulletin . DOE issued its first Transmission Development Plan as power grid operator which is the 2009 TDP that would provide
370-580: A common carrier, it must provide non-discriminatory access to its transmission system. It is subject to the standards set by the Philippine Grid Code and the Transmission Development Plan. On June 8, 2001, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed RA 9136 (Electric Power Industry Reform Act), which introduced market competition in the energy sector and mandated the creation of National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) 18 days after
444-404: A guide for NGCP in improving the reliability of the electricity backbone on April 22, 2016. 2009 TDP contains some information made by TransCo, NGCP's predecessor in power grid operations and maintenance, such as the project components that were originally planned to be made on a particular transmission project before some or all components were changed, and revisions were made on a project when NGCP
518-422: A land where the structures and foundations stand and particular portions of the power line were acquired and designated by TransCo or prior to the turnover of operations and maintenance of the power grid from TransCo to NGCP and start of concession period on January 15, 2009, even before the structures were built. Transmission structures that were already built before January 15, 2009, but the transmission line itself
592-476: A plan and component of NGCP and its predecessor TransCo) with aluminum paint to protect them from corrosion and extend their service lifespan. In 2020, a tall asymmetrical steel pole 515A was added by NGCP between 515 and the line's terminus through a connection to a portal tower in Balintawak Substation for the intersection of San Jose-Balintawak line 3 and Hermosa-Duhat-Balintawak transmission lines with
666-417: A result, NGCP continued the project by acquiring and designating lands and 3 ROWs for the 58 steel poles (poles 228–254, 257–265, 268–289, with some of them are NAPOCOR/NPC-era poles or secondhand where they should be supposedly be retired and not used within the project under its original TransCo plan), under NGCP's revised plan and component of the project, and on locations and alignment or route different from
740-447: A right of eminent domain necessary to construct, expand, maintain, and operate the transmission system under its franchise as it is able to commence and pursue eminent domain proceedings for the purpose of acquiring and designating new lands for the transmission structures and their respective foundations, and right of way (portions of a power line) that are required to carry out its responsibilities using its name which makes NGCP may act as
814-734: Is headed by the Secretary of Energy who is assisted by five Undersecretaries and three Assistant Secretaries. Under the department are the Administrative Service, Financial Service, Information Technology and Management Service, Legal Service and Energy Research Testing and Laboratory Service. In place of regional offices, the department has field offices for Luzon in Rosales, Pangasinan, Visayas in Cebu City, and Mindanao in Davao City. On June 01, 2024,
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#1732869907013888-445: Is not yet finished are also counted as TransCo-acquired, designated and built lands, portions of a power line or right of way, and structures. These situations are in accordance with one of the mandates of TransCo which is to handle all existing cases including right-of-way and claims which accrued until January 14, 2009, or before the turnover of operations and maintenance of the grid to NGCP and start of concession period on January 15 of
962-479: Is now the power grid operator. In May 2017, TransCo accused NGCP with violating its concession agreement with the power grid operator by supposedly making too much money from its operations of the country's electricity grid. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea pointed out that, if indeed NGCP had violated the terms of its contract by profiting unduly from the operations of the power grid such as allowing telecommunications firms to mount their fiber optic cables on
1036-421: Is targeted by the end of 2024. Unlike outright sale, the concession agreement allowed the Philippine government to keep ownership of the transmission assets through TransCo, in accordance with Section 8 of Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) or Republic Act 9136 which states that no person, company, or entity other than TransCo who shall own any transmission assets and facilities. Its franchise only covers
1110-558: Is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for preparing, integrating, manipulating, organizing, coordinating, supervising, and controlling all plans, programs, projects and activities of the Government relative to energy exploration, development, utilization, distribution and conservation. The Department of Energy was created by then-president Ferdinand Marcos as he issued Presidential Decree No. 1206 which created
1184-424: Is the world's largest energy utility company. It operates almost all of China's energy transmission network. On December 12, 2007, two consortia bid for a 25-year license to run the Philippines power grid—privatization of the management of the Philippine government-owned National Transmission Corporation (TransCo), the consortium of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp., led by businessman Enrique Razon, comprising
1258-454: The Philippine government to the private sector after 72 years and 2 months since the establishment of another government-owned corporation serving as TransCo's predecessor in power grid operations, management, and ownership National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR/NPC) that operated, maintained, and owned the grid from November 3, 1936 to March 1, 2003. The franchise and concession period will end on December 1, 2058. In Portugal, State Grid has
1332-580: The State Grid , is a Chinese state-owned electric utility corporation. It is the largest utility company in the world. As of March 2024 , State Grid is the world's third largest company overall by revenue , behind Walmart and Amazon . In 2023 it was reported as having 1.3 million employees, 1.1 billion customers and revenue equivalent to US$ 546 billion. It is overseen by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of
1406-446: The 2000 km Ultra High Voltage power line delivering hydropower to the megacities Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In Chile, State Grid acquired Chilquinta Energía, the third-largest distributor of electricity in Chile , and Tecnored SA, which provides construction services to Chilquinta, from U.S. power company Sempra Energy . The deal was closed on June 24, 2020. On 13 November 2020, it
1480-711: The Balsik-Marilao-San Jose segment of Balsik-Marilao-San Jose-Tayabas-Pagbilao 500kV transmission line that would strengthen transmission services and accommodate new bulk power generation from the Bataan area. It spans the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, and Bataan. However, there are right-of-way issues which delayed the full completion of the project as the July 2023 TRO was lifted through SC Resolution dated February 28, 2024, promulgated on April 8, 2024. The restraining order stopped for 9 months construction along Towers 170-178 of
1554-677: The Mariveles-Hermosa transmission line after three years of construction, consisting of 136 lattice towers, that expands the existing capacity of the transmission facilities to accommodate more than 2,500MW of incoming generation from the Bataan Peninsula, including the GN Power Dinginin (GNPD) coal-fired power plant and the Mariveles Power Generation Corporation (MPGC). It is the first 500kV transmission line in
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#17328699070131628-691: The Ministry of Energy and attached the National Power Corporation and the Philippine National Oil Company to this new agency. The ministry and its two bureaus (Bureau of Energy Development and Bureau of Energy Utilization) remained intact but was downgraded into a mere Office of Energy Affairs—headed by Wenceslao de la Paz and reporting to then Deputy Executive Secretary for Energy Catalino Macaraig, Jr. based in Malacañang—during
1702-656: The NGCP began studying its viability. “The MVIP, which unites the Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao grids, is identified as integral to economic development through the delivery of stable power transmission services and enabling of energy resource sharing,” said the MVIP. Two new steel poles were added between poles 143 and 144 of the Sucat–Araneta segment of the line for its cut-in connection to Meralco Paco Substation in 2012. This cut-in connection to
1776-708: The Negros-Panay Interconnection Project Line 2, was built in three stages, the last completed on March 27, 2024. It complements the Amlan-Samboan submarine cable, which is connects Cebu and Negros islands. CNP Project Stage 1 added a new 230kV transmission line from Bacolod to Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental , while Stage 2 upgraded the Cebu Substation into 230kV level. On 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) cleared
1850-595: The Philippine power grid. It was made on a simultaneous ceremonial switch-on in Manila, Cebu, and Lanao del Norte. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. led the ceremony in Malacañang Palace . “After a much-extended wait, I am pleased to finally see the energization of the 450-megawatt MVIP. It is the first time in the history of our nation that the three major power grids, those of: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao—are now physically connected,” said Marcos in his speech. Among
1924-534: The Philippines to have NGCP's own taller variant of the tower within the line, as well as the first to be completed under NGCP and after the privatization of the Philippine power grid operations, maintenance, and expansion on January 15, 2009. The line's completion and energization also marked the resumption of completing and energizing 500kV lines after 23 years since the Kadampat-San Manuel-San Jose line in 1999. On May 27, 2023, NGCP partially energized
1998-489: The RA 9511 which gives it the franchise to operate, maintain, and expand the transmission facilities of TransCo. On January 15, 2009, NGCP took over the operations, maintenance, management, expansion, construction, and eminent domain of the national transmission system from TransCo and its related assets and facilities which officially started the former to operate, maintain, manage, expand, construct, and acquire and designate lands for
2072-594: The State Council . After the electricity Plant-Grid Separation reform in early 2002, the assets of State Electric Power Corporation ( 国家电力公司 ) were divided into five power generation groups that retained the power plants and five regional subsidiaries belonging to the State Grid Corporation of China in Beijing . China began an initiative to reform the country's power sector in a three-stage process in 1986. In
2146-584: The State Grid Corporation of China and a smaller China Southern Power Grid Company . SGCC accounts for 80% of the Chinese grid, with China Southern Power Grid accounting for the other 20%. At its creation, SGCC company had a generation capacity of 6.47 gigawatts. In 2003 and progressively so through the early 2000s, electrical shortages caused the government to institute rolling blackouts. The State Grid Corporation estimated there were 1 trillion yuan in losses from 2002 to 2005. The State Grid Corporation of China ran
2220-513: The State Grid Corporation of China, and Calaca High Power Corp., won an auction conducted by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corp. as it submitted the highest offer of $ 3.95 billion, for the right to operate TransCo for 25 years, outbidding San Miguel Energy, a unit of the Filipino San Miguel Corporation (bid of $ 3.905 billion), Dutch firm TPG Aurora BV, and Malaysia's TNB Prai Sdn Bhd. This initiated
2294-822: The administration of President Corazon Aquino . During the presidency of Fidel V. Ramos , the department was created due to Republic Act No. 7638 otherwise known as the Department of Energy Act of 1992 . The department was vested additional powers and functions under Republic Act No. (RA) 8479 or the "Downstream Oil Deregulation Act of 1997", RA 9136 or the "Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001", RA 9367 or "Biofuels Act of 2006", RA 9513 or "Renewable Energy Act of 2008, RA 11234 or "Energy Virtual One Stop Shop Act", RA 11285 or "Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act", RA 11592 or "LPG Industry Regulation Act", RA 11646 or "Microgrid Systems Act", and RA 11697 or "Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act." The department
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2368-588: The agreement, the DICT will utilize TransCo's reserved optical fiber to distribute connectivity from Luzon to Mindanao using the submarine cables that will be laid down by Facebook from the United States to Asia . The agreement plans to expand the internet connectivity in public places for free by building an additional 200,000 access points nationwide by 2022, DICT Officer-In-Charge Eliseo Rio said. On December 4, 2019, Senate probes delayed projects by NGCP as well as
2442-441: The already deferred initial public offering . Due to the turnover of power grid operations, maintenance, and expansion from National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) to NGCP on January 15, 2009, only four lands and structures, and two ROWs for the lattice towers were acquired and designated , and under the original TransCo plan and component of the relocation project that are currently in use (towers 255, 256, 266, and 267 (with
2516-634: The area on a daily basis. The removed NAPOCOR/NPC-era steel poles by NGCP due to various projects done on the transmission line that were not used on the line itself were either stored on its various substations or used on other power lines, such as the Hermosa-Malolos-San Jose, Mexico-Hermosa, Hermosa-Limay, and Currimao-Laoag transmission lines. In January 2024, the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) completed and became fully operational which finally uniting
2590-399: The business section of newspapers since March 2011 such as The Philippine Star , Philippine Daily Inquirer , and Manila Bulletin ) by determining the available generating capacity, system peak demand, and operating margin (with operating margin is determined by subtracting the available generating capacity and system peak demand, and all of which are in units of MW or megawatts ). As
2664-562: The commission. In 2017, his assets (worth 53 million yuan) were seized, and he was sentenced to life in prison . In 2015, SGCC proposed the Global Energy Interconnection , a long-term proposal to develop globally integrated smart grids and ultra high voltage transmission networks to connect over 80 countries. The idea is supported by President Xi Jinping and China in attempting to develop support in various internal forums, including UN bodies. As of at least 2024, SGCC
2738-409: The company planned to have three more horizontal UHV lines through West Inner Mongolia to Weifang , from Central Shanxi – Xuzhou to Yaan –southern Anhui and 11 other lines by 2015. On October 29, 2014, The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection declared that the general manager of State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power, Feng Jun, was detained in an anti-graft operation overseen by
2812-457: The components of the project is the 184 km submarine cable connecting the Mindanao and Visayas grids. According to the NGCP, efforts to establish this connection began in the 1980s when the government-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR/NPC) still operated, maintained, owned, and expanded the grid but were abandoned due to difficulties. Efforts to revive the connection began in 2011 when
2886-409: The construction of 500kV lines not seen since the completion of Kadampat-San Manuel-San Jose line in 1999 when the government-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR/NPC) still owned, operated, maintained, and expanded the Philippine power grid and its related assets and facilities. It then followed by the construction of Mariveles-Hermosa transmission line in 2019. On March 30, 2022, NGCP energized
2960-494: The country's power grid and its related assets and facilities, controls the supply and demand of power by determining the power mix through the selection of power plants to put online (i.e., to signal power plants to produce power, as power plants will only produce power or feed their power to the transmission grid when directed by NGCP), and updates the daily power situation outlook for Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao power grids (which can be seen on its Facebook page as well as on
3034-473: The country's power grid in December 2008. On January 15, 2009, TransCo turned over the operations, maintenance, management, construction, expansion, and eminent domain of the Philippine power grid and its related assets and facilities to NGCP which marked the start of the 25-year concession period and franchise and renewable for another 25 years with a total of 50 years, which privatized and turned them over from
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3108-467: The current number, use, and ownership will be counted. Sometimes when reusing on other uses, the removed facilities or structures will then change design to fit with their current use, with their bottom part still have the original number and ownership. Below is a table listing the district numbers and what areas or provinces that each district covers. State Grid Corporation of China The State Grid Corporation of China ( SGCC ), commonly known as
3182-478: The existing Corella substation, and it will have an estimated cost of ₱19.61 billion. The Cebu-Bohol Interconnection project is aimed to help prevent overloading of the present 138kV Leyte-Bohol submarine cable which only having a capacity of 90 mW. The groundbreaking of the project began on December 9, 2021. Currently, works on the Cebu-Bohol Interconnection project is still ongoing. The layout of
3256-605: The first 1,000-kilovolt alternating current power line between Northern Shanxi and center Hubei in January 2009. In 2012 it began operation of an 800-kilovolt direct current line that sends hydropower from western Sichuan to Shanghai. It also has an alternating current loop line in the Yangtze River delta, and three longitudinal alternating current lines that bring power to Southern China from the Northern region. The State Grid Corporation
3330-858: The grids of each island groups of the Philippines has 350kV (0LI). The common voltage in NGCP is 230kV, simplest voltage is 69kV and 138kV and the highest voltage is 500kV EHV (Used on Luzon Grid). Reference codes are either in the form of a whole number or the structure code "((voltage number)LI(circuit number)(start of transmission line)-(end of transmission line))(structure number)". Various fonts or typefaces have been used on structure numbers and codes, such as Arial (Light and Bold variants) and ITC Avant Garde (same also with NGCP's predecessors in Philippine power grid operations, maintenance, expansion, and management and its related assets and facilities National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR/NPC) from November 1936 to March 1, 2003, and National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) from March 1, 2003, to January 15, 2009). If
3404-438: The last two are using National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR/NPC)-era and original TransCo designation towers 264 and 265)) as stated on the fieldwork report of Hermosa-Balintawak Transmission Line Relocation as part of their permission granted from NLEX Corporation , and San Simon , Apalit , Calumpit , and Pulilan local government units (LGUs) to run parallel with San Simon-Pulilan section of North Luzon Expressway (NLEX). As
3478-480: The law was approved on June 26, 2001. TransCo was a unit of another government-owned corporation National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR/NPC), with the latter operated, maintained and owned the country's power grid during that time, before the transfer of the grid to the former on March 1, 2003, where TransCo then operated, maintained, constructed, expanded, and made eminent domain to the grid from March 2003 to January 15, 2009. On December 12, 2007, two consortia bid for
3552-504: The line's Marilao-Hermosa segment, affected by the expropriation case of Century Properties ' PHirst Park Homes. “This will enable us to complete the remaining portion of the HSJ,” the NGCP announced in May 2024. NGCP fully completed the Balsik-Marilao-San Jose segment of the four-part Balsik-Marilao-San Jose-Tayabas-Pagbilao 500kV transmission line after six years of construction on June 23, 2024, making
3626-500: The newer design is flag design with the deadend insulators (made of polymer /porcelain). Several structures were painted (including those acquired, designated and built by, and belonging to a plan and component of NGCP) with aluminum paint to protect them from corrosion and extend their service lifespan. In 2018, NGCP started building 500kV lattice towers of Balsik-Marilao-San Jose segment of Balsik-Marilao-San Jose-Tayabas-Pagbilao and Castillejos-Hermosa 500kV transmission lines, marking
3700-437: The operations, maintenance, and expansion of the power grid. Assuming it secures a renewal, it has a 50-year concession period from its creation on January 15, 2009, to December 1, 2058. Under its franchise, it has the right to operate and maintain the transmission system and related facilities, and the right of eminent domain necessary to construct, expand, maintain, and operate the transmission system. As stated before, NGCP has
3774-511: The original TransCo plan of the relocation project from November 2009 until the completion of the relocated line segment on March 25, 2011, after the transmission project was delayed many times due to the repair of damaged facilities on Bicol Region resulting from 2006 typhoons, the turnover from TransCo to NGCP in January 2009, and typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng which flooded the Apalit , Calumpit and Pulilan rice paddies, and Candaba Swamp on where
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#17328699070133848-494: The owner of lands where the structures and their foundations stand, right of way and entirely new structures called as replacement structures that were acquired, designated and built from January 15, 2009, or during the concession period, and once its franchise expires and concession period ends, these will be transferred to TransCo. Under the NGCP's concession agreement with TransCo, the TransCo name should be used as TransCo's agent if
3922-734: The privatization process for the transmission sector. On February 21, 2008, NGCP was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On February 28, 2008, its concession agreement with TransCo was executed and became effective. The agreement between NGCP and TransCo was signed by TransCo president Arthur Aguilar, PSALM president Jose Ibazeta, and NGCP directors Walter Brown, Elmer Pedregosa and Du Zhigang. Congress approved bicameral resolution granting franchise to NGCP to manage and operate its transmission facilities nationwide in November 2008. On December 1, 2008, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed
3996-762: The privatization process for the transmission sector. The resulting consortium became the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). On February 28, 2008, TransCo's concession agreement with NGCP was executed and became effective. The agreement between NGCP and TransCo was signed by TransCo president Arthur Aguilar, PSALM president Jose Ibazeta, and NGCP directors Walter Brown, Elmer Pedregosa and Du Zhigang. In November of that same year, Congress approved bicameral resolution granting franchise to NGCP to manage and operate its transmission facilities nationwide. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Republic Act 9511 which granted NGCP to operate and manage
4070-416: The proposed 230kV Cebu-Bohol Interconnection Project of the NGCP. The ERC also approved Option 1 among the two options of NGCP's proposed Cebu-Bohol Interconnection project in a 47-page decision. The approved option involves an outright double circuit 230kV submarine cable with a 600 mW capacity with a provision of a third circuit between Cebu , a 230kV overhead transmission line, and a 230kV switchyard in
4144-522: The requirements of the Concession Agreement between TransCo and NGCP, and makes or plans any new projects through the Transmission Development Plan (TDP). On March 26, 2010, Roque Corpuz was appointed as the company's second president, replacing Walter A. Brown. Three months later on June 20 of that same year, Henry Sy Jr. became the third NGCP president. On August 23, 2010, Department of Energy (DOE) issued Department Order DO2010-08-0015 creating
4218-449: The right to operate TransCo for 25 years, outbidding San Miguel Energy, a unit of San Miguel Corporation (bid of $ 3.905 billion), Dutch firm TPG Aurora BV, and Malaysia's TNB Prai Sdn Bhd. Jose Ibazeta, PSALM president and CEO remarked: “We are very happy about the successful turnout of the bidding for TransCo. PSALM handled the privatization of the government’s transmission business with utmost transparency and judiciousness." This initiated
4292-429: The right-of-way (ROW) of a viaduct section of the relocation project passes through, still with the permission from NLEX Corporation and the said LGUs to continue the project. In July 2010, NGCP constructed 3 new and higher steel poles (381–383) due to the construction of Plaridel Bypass Road. In February 2011, NGCP started relocating the transmission line's San Fernando section with the relocation of steel pole 167 at
4366-406: The said pole also serves as pole 1 of the former. Eight years after steel pole 167 was relocated and the delay of relocation of the transmission line's San Fernando section, the relocation project resumed in 2018 when the pedestals for relocated poles 163 to 166 were placed and the new poles were erected three years later in 2021. Along the poles of the relocation project, four of them were placed at
4440-463: The said power line segment now at full 8,000MW capacity as well as expanding the 500kV backbone from Central to Southern Luzon. The transmission line segment, along with the Mariveles-Hermosa line that was earlier completed and energized in March 2022 during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte , were both inaugurated on July 12, 2024, by Duterte's successor Bongbong Marcos . With the completion of
4514-696: The said power line segment, the Balsik-Marilao-San Jose-Tayabas-Pagbilao line is now the longest 500kV power line in the country at 552.4 km in length, surpassing the Kadampat-San Manuel-San Jose line (commissioned in March 1999) at 225 km. On April 8, 2024, Marcos Jr. inaugurated the 230 kV Cebu-Negros-Panay Backbone project with its simultaneous ceremonial energization at the NGCP Bacolod Substation in Negros Occidental . The Cebu-Negros-Panay Backbone, which includes
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#17328699070134588-401: The said substation also made the transmission line from being a two-part to three-part power line. Due to the construction of Skyway Stage 3 , several steel poles were replaced and relocated or added newer poles between the existing structures. The newer steel poles were made of porcelain discs (15) and 3 horizontal pole-mounted porcelain insulator . Since the construction of Skyway Stage 3,
4662-491: The said year. Below is a table listing the board of directors and officials of NGCP. The NGCP organization or board of directors consists of a chairman, two vice-chairmen, and seven directors. The president serves as the head of NGCP. NGCP operates various voltages depends on length, power loss, etc. The Luzon Grid operates 69kV (5LI), 138kV (7LI), 230kV (8LI), and 500kV (9LI). Visayas and Mindanao grids operates 69kV (5LI), 138kV (7LI) and 230kV (8LI). The connection between
4736-547: The side of Jose Abad Santos Avenue (JASA) using NAPOCOR/NPC-era pole 275 that was originally located along MacArthur Highway in Calumpit , Bulacan to alleviate heavy traffic along the avenue due to the presence of its electric poles standing on the highway itself, and to pave the way for the expansion of some segments of the avenue particularly at Barangay Dolores, with it also marked the removal of steel poles and lattice towers of original alignment of San Simon- Pulilan section of
4810-433: The southbound side of avenue before North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) San Fernando Exit due to Laus Group of Companies Chairman Levy Laus opposed to place the steel poles within the property of his automotive business as they carry 230,000 volts of electricity and their relocation closer to their business offices and residences will pose a threat to the health and safety of employees, customers, visitors and others who stay around
4884-480: The structures were removed from their original location, like in the case of removed steel poles of Hermosa–Duhat–Balintawak transmission line due to various project made on the said power line, they will either be stored at random NGCP substation and later used on other lines or within the substation, or retired completely if unfit for reusing. If the former case occurs, the original reference number, use, and land and facility or structure ownership will be disregarded and
4958-526: The submarine cable, that will link Argao and Maribojoc , stands out nearly 100 percent completed, with NGCP currently finalizing the road wayleave acquisition and the expropriation proceedings of the project, and out of the 74 overhead transmission (OHT) towers that will span the remaining 18 kilometers to the Corella SS, 28 have been already constructed. Completion of the Cebu-Bohol interconnection project
5032-626: The third and final stage in March 2002 the State Council of the People's Republic of China put into effect a plan to restructure the country's electric power system in order to create competition and separate generation and transmission functions. The State Grid Corporation of China was founded on December 29, 2002, when the restructuring divided the former State Power Corporation of China into two grid companies, five generation groups and four accessorial business companies. The two grid companies created were
5106-749: The transmission line along MacArthur Highway and Pulilan Regional Road. The relocated transmission line segment along NLEX was completed on March 25, 2011, and the Hermosa-Balintawak Transmission Line Relocation project overall in June 2011 when all of the poles and towers along the original alignment were removed. Relocation of San Fernando section of the line, however, was delayed many times due to ROW issues. From early 2010s to 2021, several structures were painted starting with lattice towers, then followed by steel poles in 2015 (including those acquired, designated and built by, and belonging to
5180-462: The transmission structures and rights-of-way (ROWs) for the power lines or their particular segments, with Walter A. Brown as the company's first president. As a result of the privatization of operations, maintenance, management, expansion, construction, and eminent domain of the country's power grid upon their turnover from TransCo to NGCP on January 15, 2009, former power grid operator TransCo appointed NGCP to act as its Construction Manager (CM) to do
5254-408: The transmission towers. On March 7, 2018, Henry Sy Jr. resigned as president and CEO, with Chief Administrative Officer Anthony Almeda named as the company's new president. On June 8, 2018, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), NGCP, and TransCo signed an agreement on Friday for a national broadband plan that will help accelerate internet connectivity nationwide. Under
5328-438: The unfinished parts of transmission projects under Projects Under Construction (PUC) as an independent contractor for and on its behalf by acquiring, building and designating parts and components of the ongoing transmission project under PUC on portions that were not yet acquired and designated by TransCo and making revisions on a project under PUC, and projects under PUC that were not initially started by TransCo, in accordance with
5402-482: Was announced that State Grid had reached an agreement to acquire Compañia General de Electricidad (CGE), the largest distribution of electricity in this country. In Italy, State Grid owns 35% stake in CDP Reti , which owns a third of Italy's power and gas grid operators Terna and Snam. Department of Energy (Philippines) The Department of Energy ( Filipino : Kagawaran ng Enerhiya , abbreviated as DOE )
5476-467: Was involved in a multi-phase smart-grid project for China's electrical grid planned for 2011–2015. China's smart grid efforts are different from those in the United States in that its plans heavily use ultra high voltage (UHV) lines. Several UHV construction projects began in 2012 to bring UHV power lines across Huainan , Wannan, and Shanghai and another from Xilingol League to Nanjing . By 2015,
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